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. >> other headlines making news two major gold medal wins for the u.s. in lonton. michael phelps picked up his 20th medal beating teammate ryan lochte in the medly. lochte got silver third straight olympic win in that event and gymnastics was about 16-year-old gabby douglas perfecting the all around competition for the gold medal, becoming the first african-american to do so. >> she is phenomenal. i want to say, you know, michael phelps has shown he is a real real great athlete. >> the greatest olympian of all times. no question. >> he deserves a lot of credit and a lot of thanks and ryan lochte has sort of, you know though one-night stands. >> all he has time for. >> right. >> but he had a one-night-stand the way it worked. >> right. it wouldn't be a complete thinkrip for the president without stopping somewhere to eat. no exception yesterday in orlando, florida. president obama had his mottor cade cade pull over at the el bario cafe suck ling pig and fried plantains. he bought bought pulled pork with rice and beans and took time to take pictures. >> buena vista s
. >> other headlines making news two major gold medal wins for the u.s. in lonton. michael phelps picked up his 20th medal beating teammate ryan lochte in the medly. lochte got silver third straight olympic win in that event and gymnastics was about 16-year-old gabby douglas perfecting the all around competition for the gold medal, becoming the first african-american to do so. >> she is phenomenal. i want to say, you know, michael phelps has shown he is a real real great athlete....
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sometimes i think we pay too much attention to u.s. congressional races and not enough to the governors races. those guys are killing us. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." director, omb director. and i'm just blanking a little bit. i think his phrase for it was about "the heavy hand of government". i want to have that conversation. let's talk about it. really. really! that you're gonna lay people off because now the government's going to help you fund your health care. really? i wanna be able to have those conversations. not just to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying. and you know, i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. >> announcer: chatting with you live at current.com/billpress. this is the "bill press show." live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: got it. it's a tuesday! tuesday, december 11. good to see you today. and thanks for joining us here on the "full court press." lots of issues in the news today. and we k
sometimes i think we pay too much attention to u.s. congressional races and not enough to the governors races. those guys are killing us. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." director, omb director. and i'm just blanking a little bit. i think his phrase for it was about "the heavy hand of government". i want to have that conversation. let's talk about it. really. really! that you're gonna lay people off because now the government's going to help you fund your...
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ambas -- u.s. ambassador in more than 30 years, how do you call that hype? >> how many security contractors died in iraq? do you know? >> i don't. >> no. nobody does because nobody cared. we know that several hundred died but there was never an official count done of security contractors in iraq. so when i see this focus on what was essentially a small fire fight, i think number one -- i've covered a lot of fire fights, it is impossible to figure out what happens in them sometimes and second, i think that the emphasis on benghazi has been political partly because fox was operating as a wing of the republican party. >> all right, thank you. >> you're welcome. >> bill: let's play it again. he says you're welcome. >> never ask a question you don't know the answer to. >> bill: you're welcome. get outta here! cut his mic. apparently he reported that the producer told him after the interview -- after they pulled the plug, the producer said you were very rude. he wasn't rude. he was polite. >> polite way to tell them they're full of crap. >> you ask me a question,
ambas -- u.s. ambassador in more than 30 years, how do you call that hype? >> how many security contractors died in iraq? do you know? >> i don't. >> no. nobody does because nobody cared. we know that several hundred died but there was never an official count done of security contractors in iraq. so when i see this focus on what was essentially a small fire fight, i think number one -- i've covered a lot of fire fights, it is impossible to figure out what happens in them...
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shea writes u.s. should be a mediator, not a protector of one side alone in the israeli-gaza conflict. north carolina hussein writes i love clowns like right-wing bill from the bronx. i'm glad you didn't let him hang up. that's true. back me up on this. i did not hang up on that guy. i let him stay on the air. but cowards do what cowards do. and victor says yea alan west has conceded. bye-bye crazy man. let's go to the phones right now. our question of the day is what could the u.s. do, what should the u.s. do to help stop this destructive violence in the middle east this week and stuart is calling us from seattle. good morning stuart. you're on the "bill press show." >> caller: first i want to say i'm a jew that grew up believing that never again was -- was to apply. >> john: please go on. >> caller: i have a simple solution for the united states to stop the violence, to stop paying for it with our billions of badly-needed tax dollars here. i will argue that those in power in israel want the rocket a
shea writes u.s. should be a mediator, not a protector of one side alone in the israeli-gaza conflict. north carolina hussein writes i love clowns like right-wing bill from the bronx. i'm glad you didn't let him hang up. that's true. back me up on this. i did not hang up on that guy. i let him stay on the air. but cowards do what cowards do. and victor says yea alan west has conceded. bye-bye crazy man. let's go to the phones right now. our question of the day is what could the u.s. do, what...
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there are now more women with driver's licenses in the u.s. than men. according to a new university of michigan study experts say this could have huge economic implications because studies also show that overall women purchase smaller and safer cars as men. they drive less and get in less accidents. the study looked at drivers today versus drivers in 1995. now about 106 million women have licenses. 104 million men. >> bill: how do you drive fewer miles -- they probably drive fewer miles but they drive better. that's really, really important. significant finding. >> if you want to watch your weight, you wouldn't think to grab a pepsi but the soda maker is looking to change that. they're testing a new soda -- they're changing a new -- testing a new soda in japan called pepsi special contains dex trin that is a fiber that can help reduce fat levels in the body. drinking soda will help you burn fat. no word if that will ever make it here. >> bill: you can drink diet pepsi. >> they're saying drinking this will help you burn fat. >> bill: no, no. maybe in jap
there are now more women with driver's licenses in the u.s. than men. according to a new university of michigan study experts say this could have huge economic implications because studies also show that overall women purchase smaller and safer cars as men. they drive less and get in less accidents. the study looked at drivers today versus drivers in 1995. now about 106 million women have licenses. 104 million men. >> bill: how do you drive fewer miles -- they probably drive fewer miles...
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but the u.s. is worried that syrians are getting ready to put together a nerve gas mixture and that that could be used in artillery shells. the state department called any use of chemical weapons a hard red line and said they are continuing to monitor the situation. meanwhile, iran is claiming it's captured a u.s. drone flying over the persian gulf today. according to internationally-recognized limits, those drones must stay at least 12 nautical miles off the coast. but a u.s. defense official is telling cnn that the u.s. navy has fully accounted for all of its vehicles in the middle east. whatever iranians are claiming to have, it is not an actively operating drone. >> think progress is reporting that police can record video inside your home without a warrant. that ruling came out of a federal appeals court last week saying that the undercover use of video in a suspect's home does not violate the fourth amendment. obviously that bringing up some concerns and we'll have to wait and see if this goe
but the u.s. is worried that syrians are getting ready to put together a nerve gas mixture and that that could be used in artillery shells. the state department called any use of chemical weapons a hard red line and said they are continuing to monitor the situation. meanwhile, iran is claiming it's captured a u.s. drone flying over the persian gulf today. according to internationally-recognized limits, those drones must stay at least 12 nautical miles off the coast. but a u.s. defense official...
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. >> on this thursday, april 5th, my parting shot for today, here we go again, the u.s. masters tournament underway at augusta national golf club once again augusta is under fire for its men-only membership policy and rightly show. the connell tro versy as we have been talking takes on more significance because one of the tournament's big sponsors is ibm. it's a tradition that the officers of corporate sponsors are automatically members of augusta and eligible to play the course. but not this year because the chair of ibm is jenny rommety, one of the most powerful women ceos in the can't tree. i don't know about you but i hope ibm doesn't go along with this nonsense years ago they pulled their t.v. ads because it was played at a whites-only club in alabama. it ought to do the same thing this year faced with an equally offensive display of discrimination. they should drop their support of the masters and the pga should ho find somewhere else to hold their tournament. there are a lot of other great courses. no need for it to be always at augusta. a parting shot for today,
. >> on this thursday, april 5th, my parting shot for today, here we go again, the u.s. masters tournament underway at augusta national golf club once again augusta is under fire for its men-only membership policy and rightly show. the connell tro versy as we have been talking takes on more significance because one of the tournament's big sponsors is ibm. it's a tradition that the officers of corporate sponsors are automatically members of augusta and eligible to play the course. but not...